Instigator / Pro
0
1587
rating
182
debates
55.77%
won
Topic
#4302

Rap Battle: Method Man vs K-Rino

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
1

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

Slainte
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,500
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
1
1511
rating
25
debates
68.0%
won
Description

Pro acts as the rapper Method Man and Con acts as K-Rino in this lyrical exchange.

Rules:
1. Both sides are expected to rap with the same style as the rapper they’re emulating, but it’s not a requirement.

2. Both Pro and Con must stay in character.

3. Dissing other celebrities is allowed, but only public information about public figures can be used. If their personal lives have been made public, then it can be used.

4. Aside from the previous rules, everything else is off-limits and No-Holds Barred.

5. Voters will quote their favorite lines from Pro and Con from each round. They will explain which rounds they lost or won. Whoever wins the most rounds wins the entire rap battle.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

===Initial Thoughts===

I confess I don't know much about either of these rappers, but with no votes and 13 hours to the deadline, I decided to just do my best.

I thought both sides did well on lyricism, and this was a tough match to call. One big advantage of Con's is a more consistent rhyme scheme. ABAB is simple, but it's consistent and it works. Pro had a few lines that didn't appear to rhyme with anything ("Dyin’ suns don’t fade" and "Bout time you stop headbuttin milk cartons") There might be a more complex rhyme scheme here or something to try and imitate the rapper's style, but if so it wasn't very clear.

The amount of syllables in Con's line are also more consistent, so I get more of a feel for what they would sound like, whereas Pro seemed like they were occasionally trying to fit more syllables in a line than fit naturally. Con does it sometimes, but Pro does it more. On stage it might fit together cleverly, but when it's all written out, it's hard to put it together.

Content itself was kind of equal. A lot was generic, but there were some good career disses as well.

Conduct is equal. There was a ff and probably some plagiarism, so I don't lean either way there. Right now, I'm leaning toward Con, but it will depend on the final round breakdown.

===BREAKDOWN BY ROUND===

Round 1: Con
Pro's best line: "Tryna fight government corruption with your storytime introduction, / Gettin’ smoked by the bars of my divine interruption. / Do you still even function?"
Con's best line: "You lost to NIP? Well, bitch listen to this, / I never lost a battle, I'm a verbal pugilist."
Explanation: Both rappers are at their best here, but Pro has a few lines that don't seem to rhyme with anything, mainly just there to fill space.

Round 2: Con
Pro's best line: "Shame I don’t got the patience to dig wide enough. / Try not to cry, you sad lil creampuff."
Con's best line: "You try to give headbutts, but I elevate with words / Constructive criticism, to help all soar like birds"
Explanation: Con responds to a lot f Pro's attacks here (see best line) and both sides seem generic (though I don't know enough about either rapper to know for sure), but Con is responding to things so it makes their lines a bit more clever.

Round 3: Con
Pro's best line: "All the shit you say is baffling, so keep rappin’ outta tune, we’ll just keep on laughin’ because you’re just a fuckin loon."
Con's best line: "Why such a short response? Cat got your tongue / Or did K-Rino kick, all the air out ya lung?"
Explanation: Quantity decided this one, Con just has a lot more to offer here.

Round 4: Con
Pro's best line: ...
Con's best line: "You think your all cleaver, with thoughts under your hat, / But you aint got nothing buts thoughts of your cat."
Explanation: ff vs. partly plagiarized

Round 5: Pro
Pro's best line: "Gotta plagiarize my own lines just to keep up with me, old man? / You got less originality than a copycat stan."
Con's best line: "You stumbled and bumbled, you couldn't keep up / While I rocked the mic, with my sick flow erupt"
Explanation: Pro's complex flow works well here because I can follow it. It's hard to explain the "feeling" of rhythm that flows consistently, but Pro is using more complex rhymes and insults than Con does.